Paper-box-taping machine.



M. B. DISKIN.

PAPER BOX TAPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1916.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

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MOSES B. DISKIN', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER-BOX-TAPING MACHINE.

Application filed J anuary 14, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itv known that I, Mosns B. DISKIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Box-Taping Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a machine for taping pasteboards and, more particularly, paper boxes.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and inexpensive machine whereby pasteboards or boxes of different sizes can be easily and efficiently taped on the same machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine whereby more than one tape can be threaded simultaneously through the box.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a machine whereby the tape can be threaded as efficiently from the outside asfrom the inside of a box, depending on the purpose for which the tape is to be used.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters or reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the 1nachine; Fig. 2 is avertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on line 3 3, Fig. 2; Fig. 41 is an elevation of the needle; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary rear view of the machine showing the modified bracket provided with an extension whereby more than one tape can be threaded through a box; Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the manner in which a tape is threaded through the bottom of the box;

Fig. 7 shows a box which has been threaded through the bottom, the tape being used for binding the cover to the box; Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the box threaded through the bottom, the tape being used for binding the goods in the box; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the tape is threaded when goods are to be bound by the tape in the box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1919..

Serial No. 72,071.

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of my invention, it must be clearly understood that although the machine is primarily designed for taping paper boxes it can be as efficiently used for taping pasteboards intended to carry prints or calendars or any other similar matter in which the tape is used as suspending means or for securing the subject matter to the pasteboard.

Referring to the drawings, 9 is a U- shaped frame of any suitable material provided with clamping means 10 at the bottom thereof whereby the frame can be secured to a suitable support. Parallelly'spaced guide rods 11 connect the opposite branches of the U frame. Slidably mounted on said rods are brackets 12 maintained in spaced relation by a threaded rod 13 which has a right thread engaging one of the brackets and a left thread engaging the other bracket. Said rod is preferably located between the guide rods and bears in the branches of the frame. A portion of said rod projects out of one of the branches and thereat is provided with a handle 14 whereby the threaded rod may be revolved in the frame, thus moving the brackets relative to one another within the frame.

Each of the brackets 12 has an apertured head 15, the direction of which aperture is transverse to the movement of the brackets in the frame. A needle carrier 16 is carried by each ofthe apertured heads. A set screw 17 is provided in each head to clamp the carrier in any desired position within the corresponding head. Thus, the carrier my be resolved within the head and also adjusted longitudinally. The front end of the needle carrier has a longitudinal, un der-cut groove 18 into which an under-cut portion 19 of a needle 20 fits snugly. A set screw 21 is provided within the needle carrier to clamp the portion 19 of the needle to the needle carrier.

The needle 20 is formed of a blade extending from the portion 19 and terminating in a sharp cutting point 22, which merges into the cutting edges 23 of the blade. The cutting edges of the blade extend substantially up to the portion 19. A slot 24L is provided in the blade adjacent the cutting extremity thereof, said slot opening into one of the cutting edges and forming in the blade a bayonetlike slot into which the distance between the tape openings exceeds the distance between the branches of the frame 9, each bracket 12 is provided with an arm extending from the head 15 toward the adjacent branch of the frame.

The arm 25. terminates in a head 15 similar in every respect to the head 15 and provided with a similar set screw 17. Thus,

.the needle carrier 16 may be transferred from the head 15 to the head 15 and there adjusted and secured.

When a single tape is to be threaded through the box the two needles are so extended from their corresponding brackets thattheir sides are facing (see Fig. 6), or alining (see Fig. 9). The needle carriers are so adjusted in the brackets that the cutting edge having the notch opening is the upper edge or the outer edge (see Figs. 6 and 9), to facilitate the engagement of the tape with the slot 24" of the needles. The tape is engaged with the slotsof the needle after the bottom of the box has been pierced.

;The removal-of the box from the needles will thread the tape through the openings formed by the needles and, therefore, secure the thread to the box.

By piercing the bottom of the box in the way shown in Fig. 6 the tape is intended to be used in the manner shown in Fig. 7.

By bringing the inside of the bottom of the box into engagement with the points of the needles (see Fig. 9), the tape willbe threaded in a manner to be used as shown in Fig. 8. By adjusting longitudinally the "needle carrier 16 in the heads, boxes of different depth can be threaded on the machine. Consequently, it will be seen that by the adjustment of theneedle carriers, boxes of the same size and different depth can be taped on the machine. By the adjustment of the brackets in the frame, boxes of the same depth and different lengths can be taped. Consequently, by this double ad justme'nt boxes of different sizes and depths can bethreaded on my machine.

. Then the box is to be threaded with more than one tape the brackets are extended by H; providing a socket 26 in the rear part of the arm 25 between the'heads of the bracket.

A rod 27 is adjustable within each socket across the guide bars 11'. A set screw 28 is provided in the socket for rigidly securing the rod to the arm. A rod 27 carries at the outer .end thereof a head 29 in rigid connection with the rod. The head 29 has two parallel bores 30 alining with the bores in the heads of the bracketand similar thereto.

One of thebores .30. alines with the head of the bracket 12, and the other bore alines with the borein the head of the arm 25. The head 29 at the bores 30 is provided with set screws 31 for clamping aneedle carrier in either bore.

VVhen the extension is used with the bracket, alining needle carriers are provided in the bracket and the extension. The alining needles of the extension and bracket face each other with their sides, and the slot opening in the edge of the needles is directed toward the adjacent side of the frame. The two tapes to be threaded through the box are each engaged with the alining needles of the extension and the bracket after the four needles have been caused to pass through the box bottom in a manner previously described in regard to Fig. ,6. In removing the box from the needle, the two tapes will be threaded through the openings in the box formed by the needles in the manner described above. To facilitate the manipulation of the box the frame 9 is provided with a socket 38 into which a table (not shown) may be secured, and whereby the table may be adjusted for various sizes of boxes.

I claim:

1. A paper box taping machine comprising a frame, spaced brackets in the frame, means for varying the distance between the brackets, a needle carrier mounted to be ad- 'justed longitudinally and transversely in each of said brackets, a needle connected to the carrier, each of said needles being in the shape of a cutting blade having a piercing point and a bayonetlike slot in proximity with the piercing point, said bayonetlike slot opening into one of the cutting edges.

2. A paper box taping machine comprising a U-shaped frame having means at the bottom of the U for securing the frame to a suitable support, parallelly-spaced guide rods connecting the sides of the U frame, a pair of brackets slidably mounted on said guide rods, a left and a right screw bearing in the sides of the frame and engaging said brackets whereby the distance between the brackets may be varied, each of said brackets having an apertured head the axis of which is disposed transversely of the U frame, a needle carrier in each of said heads adjustable longitudinally and angularly thereof, and a needle detachably secured to each of the carriers longitudinally thereof, each of said needles having the shape of a cutting blade terminating with a piercing end and having a bayonetlike slot opening into one of the cutting edges.

3. A paper box taping machine comprising a frame, spaced brackets in the frame, means for varying the distance between the brackets, an extension adjustably secured to the brackets, needle carriers adapted to be mounted adjustably in the brackets and the extension, and a needle carried by each of said carriers.

4i. A paper box taping machine comprising a bracket having an apertured head, a lateral arm extending from the bracket at the head, said lateral arm having also an apertured head, the axes of said apertures of the bracket and arm being parallel, a rod mounted to slide in the arm, means for clamping the rod to the arm, a head carried by said rod, said head having parallellyspaced apertures disposed parallel to the apertured heads of the bracket and arm, one of said apertures alining With the apertured head of the bracket and the other with the apertured head of the arm.

5. A paper boX taping machine comprising a. frame, spaced brackets in the frame, means for varying the distance between the brackets, aneedle carrier in each of said brackets mounted to be adjusted angularly and longitudinally of said bracket, and a needle associated with each of said carriers.

6. A paper box taping machine comprising a needle formed of a cutting blade terminating with a piercing end and having a bayonetlike slot in one of the cutting edges, said slot being wider at the closed end thereof, the portion of the needle between the cutting edge and the slot at the opening of the slot into the cutting edge being wider than the portion of the needle between the same cutting edge and the closed end of the slot, said wider portion of the needle being blunt to prevent the piercing of a tape when tape is threaded into said slot.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MOSES B. DISKIN.

Witnesses:

B. Jorrn, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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